10-letter words containing u, n, m, s
- sir edmund — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smarten up — improve appearance
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
- snuff film — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- somniloquy — the act of talking in one's sleep
- sound film — a film on which sound has been or is to be recorded, as for the soundtrack of a motion picture.
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spumescent — foamy; foamlike; frothy.
- squamation — the state of being squamate.
- stand mute — to refuse to plead guilty or not guilty
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stimulancy — an energizing, invigorating, or stimulating quality
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- stuntwoman — A stuntwoman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a movie instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.
- sub-number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subduement — the act or process of subduing
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subelement — a component or constituent of a whole or one of the parts into which a whole may be resolved by analysis: Bricks and mortar are elements of every masonry wall.
- subintimal — the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- subliminal — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- submersion — to submerge.
- subminimal — constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation.
- subminimum — being below a minimum standard, rate, quota, etc.: a subminimum wage for teenagers.
- submission — an act or instance of submitting.
- submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- subsegment — a part or division of a segment.
- suleiman i — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sulphonium — the hypothetical univalent radical -SH3
- summing-up — a summation or statement made for the purpose of reviewing the basic concepts or principles of an argument, story, explanation, testimony, or the like, and usually presented at the end.
- sun helmet — a rigid hat worn in tropical climates, mainly in the past
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supplyment — the act of supplying; replenishment
- surfaceman — a labourer, such as a miner, who works at the surface
- surinamese — a native or inhabitant of Suriname.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surnominal — relating to surnames